Republican Bill Brady (right) speaks with Dixon resident Charles Hage on Monday at Books on First as state representative Tom Demmer stands by. Dixon was one of several campaign stops Monday for Brady, who is vying for the Republican
nomination for governor in the March 18 primary.

DIXON – State Sen. Bill Brady was in
Dixon on Monday evening and touted
himself as the most-electable candidate in the Republican field.
Brady, R-Bloomington, met with a
handful of residents at Book on First,
202 W. First St., 8 days before the March
18 primary and said that he was the

“reliable Republican.” He pledged that
he would work to reduce then eliminate the state income tax, if elected, in
addition to eliminating the state Board
of Education and protecting existing
pensions.
Brady lost in the 2010 general election to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn
and is running against Bruce Rauner,
a wealthy private-equity investor, state
Sen. Kirk Dillard and state Treasurer

Dan Rutherford for the Republican
nomination.
“If you look at what it takes [to beat
Quinn], I’m the one candidate who’s
electable,” Brady said in an interview.
“And the reason we say that is, to be
electable, you have to be able to bring
the Republican base together. And I
won 98 of 102 counties [in 2010].”
RELIABLE CONTINUED ON A8

Split in support; united in opposition
Local lawmakers pick their ponies; neither backing front-running Rauner
BY DAVID GIULIANI
dgiuliani@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 525

Tim Bivins,
R-Dixon

Local Republican lawmakers are divided
in the race for their party’s nomination for
governor.
One person they are not supporting –
Bruce Rauner, the wealthy private-equity
investor who is leading in both fundraising and public opinion polls. Rauner is
one of four Republicans seeking the nomination in next Tuesday’s primary election.

First-term Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon,
supports state Sen. Bill Brady, a Bloomington Republican who lost in the 2010
general election to Democratic Gov. Pat
Quinn.
Meanwhile, state Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, is backing fellow Sen. Kirk Dillard, a
suburbanite who is running second in the
polls. He also finished second to Brady for
the GOP nomination for governor in 2010.
SPLIT CONTINUED ON A8

Tom Demmer,
R-Dixon

ROCK FALLS | JIMMY JOHN’S COMING SOON

DIXON – The Dixon Public Schools email accounts
are back up and running, the
assistant superintendent said
Monday.
The email accounts, along
with the district’s website and
Twitter account, were compromised by a hacker March
2.
The email was restored
Monday morning, Assistant Superintendent Margo
Empen said, adding that the
website is still being worked
on, and the district is working
with Twitter to regain control
of its account.
Technology Director
Charles Kinsella said the district is still waiting to hear
back from the company that
runs its parent portal about
whether sensitive information on that separate server
was compromised.
Last week, Superintendent
Michael Juenger said the district didn’t think sensitive or
private information had been
affected.
The district’s GoDaddy
account, which houses its
website server, was hacked,
and the website was redirected around 7 p.m. March
2, Kinsella said last week.
The district fixed the redirect
by the next morning, but the
website was redirected a second time.
On March 3, Sauk Valley
Media received an email from
a district employee’s account,
but from the email’s content
it was clear the employee
didn’t send it.
The district was notified
and later confirmed that the
email had been compromised.

CHIEF CONCERN IN OREGON

Promise made as ground is broken
Owner says May
open is likely, but
won’t specify date
BY PAM EGGEMEIER
peggemeier@saukvalley.com
800-798-4085, ext. 570

ROCK FALLS – Construction has
started at the new Jimmy John’s
Gourmet Sandwiches restaurant at
511 First Ave., and a May opening is
likely, its owner says.

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Service is such a big part of what we do in this
business. We want to manage expectations
and make sure that these young employees
don’t get overwhelmed.

’’

Jimmy John’s owner Liandro Arellano, who also owns the Dixon store

“The demolition is done, and now
we’ve moved on to the plumbing
and general construction part of the
work,” store owner Liandro Arellano Jr. said. Arellano also owns the
Dixon Jimmy John’s.
The building has been gutted and

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is now being built up in accordance
with company blueprints. Waiting on the blueprints had been the
biggest holdup in starting the construction, Arellano said.
PROMISE CONTINUED ON A5

Andrzej Dajnowski of Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio in Forest Park works on
the Blackhawk statue Monday at Lowden State
Park in Oregon. Restoration work began on the
104-year-old statue in 2013.

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